For the second consecutive year, the city of Santa Cruz’s purchasing division has been awarded the 2025 Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement award from the National Procurement ...

With the recent signing of the 2025-2026 state budget by Gov. Gavin Newsom, $4.5 million was secured for the downtown Santa ...

Santa Cruz Island isn’t easy to get to but the hearty travelers who make it are rewarded with a distinctive landscape off the California coast.

Elizabeth Gutfahr is sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison followed by three years probation. She pleaded guilty to crimes related stealing about $38 million from Santa Cruz County taxpayers.

Reshaping 22-mile railroad through Central Coast may involve a tax hike.

(KRON) — The Santa Cruz Police Department is warning residents of fake parking tickets that were placed on parked vehicles near a beach area on June 15. Santa Cruz PD released the below photos ...

An opening date for the luxury beachfront La Bahia Hotel & Spa and more local hospitality updates, why Santa Cruz is building rentals instead of condos and funding for a UCSC-grown startup – all that ...

Ninety-nine times out of 100, a trip down Santa Cruz’s West Cliff Drive is a peaceful, almost tranquil experience. Every day, hundreds of drivers, joggers and walkers traverse the waterfront ...

An unknown number of fake parking tickets were left on cars parked near the beach in Santa Cruz on June 15, the Santa Cruz Police Department announced in a warning to the public.

A $4.3 billion passenger rail line would sap money for road repairs and other transportation projects and likely would mean a new sales tax.